Devin Nunes

Nunes was born on October 1, 1973,{{cite web|url=https://nunes.house.gov/about/|title=Meet Devin|website=nunes.house.gov|access-date=June 8, 2019|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107125707/https://nunes.house.gov/about/|url-status=dead}} the older of two sons of Antonio L. "Anthony" Nunes Jr. and Toni Diane Nunes (née Enas).{{Cite book|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225.pdf|title=Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012|date=April 7, 2014|publisher=Office of the Historian and Office of the Clerk, United States House of Representatives|isbn=978-0-16-092028-8|pages=681}} His grandfather founded Nunes & Sons, a prominent dairy operation in Tulare County. His family operated their farm in California until 2006, when they sold the property and purchased a dairy in Sibley, Iowa.{{cite web|last=Lizza|first=Ryan|date=September 30, 2018|title=Devin Nunes's Family Farm Moved to Iowa, Employs Undocumented Workers|url=https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a23471864/devin-nunes-family-farm-iowa-california/|access-date=October 11, 2018|work=Esquire}}

Nunes is of three-quarters Portuguese descent, with ancestors emigrating from the Azores to California.{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/capital-living/20647-i-broke-so-many-tractors-they-made-me-work-with-the-cows/|title=I broke so many tractors, they made me work with the cows|first=Charles|last=Case|date=September 6, 2005|work=The Hill}}{{cite web |author=Megan Smolenyak |url=https://medium.com/s/story/why-hasnt-devin-nunes-assimilated-yet-7feb3a170f02 |title=Why Hasn't Devin Nunes Assimilated Yet? |work=Medium.com |date=August 9, 2018 |access-date=May 12, 2018 |archive-date=May 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509010541/https://medium.com/s/story/why-hasnt-devin-nunes-assimilated-yet-7feb3a170f02 |url-status=live }} He has one younger brother, Anthony III. In 2009, Nunes wrote in The Wall Street Journal that he became an entrepreneur at age 14 when he bought seven head of young cattle, learning quickly how to profit from his investment.{{cite news|last=Nunes|first=Devin|date=January 10, 2009|title=California's Gold Rush Has Been Reversed|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123154816733469917|access-date=December 16, 2015|archive-date=August 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829104712/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123154816733469917.html|url-status=live}}

After receiving his Associate of Arts degree from the College of the Sequoias in 1993, Nunes graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's degree in agricultural business in 1995, and a master's degree in agriculture in 1996. After finishing school, Nunes returned to farming.

In 1996, at age 23, Nunes was elected to the College of the Sequoias Board, making him one of California's youngest community college trustees in state history. He served on the board until 2002.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed Nunes to serve as California State Director for the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development section.{{cite news |title=Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/devin-nunes-r-calif/gIQAt1EGAP_print.html#path-to-power |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2018 |access-date=January 27, 2018 |archive-date=January 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128021047/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/devin-nunes-r-calif/gIQAt1EGAP_print.html#path-to-power |url-status=live }}

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In 1998, Nunes entered the "top two" primary race for California's 20th congressional district seat held by Democrat Cal Dooley.{{Cite web| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225-3-14.pdf | title=Devin Nunes 1973– | access-date=November 26, 2019 | archive-date=July 29, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729212504/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225-3-14.pdf | url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Tau|first=Byron|date=March 29, 2018|title=Behind the Political Rise of Devin Nunes|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-the-political-rise-of-devin-nunes-1522315800|via=www.wsj.com|access-date=November 26, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403054051/https://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-the-political-rise-of-devin-nunes-1522315800|url-status=live}} He finished in third place.{{Cite web|title=Our Campaigns—CA District 20—All-Party Primary Race—Jun 02, 1998|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=360652|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=November 26, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306160339/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=360652|url-status=live}}

In 2002, Nunes ran for the Republican nomination in the 21st congressional district, a new district created by reapportionment after the 2000 United States census. His principal opponents in the crowded seven-way primary were former Fresno mayor Jim Patterson and state Assemblyman Mike Briggs. Nunes was the only major candidate from Tulare County; Patterson and Briggs were both from Fresno. This was critical, as 58% of the district's population was in Tulare County.{{cite magazine|title=(Title is lost)|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/pubs/almanac/2008/people/ca/rep_ca21.htm|magazine=National Journal}}{{dead link|date=August 2017}}

Patterson and Briggs split the vote in Fresno County, allowing Nunes to win by a four-point margin over Patterson, his nearest competitor. Nunes won 46.5% of the vote in Tulare County and 28.1% of the vote in Fresno County. Nunes was also helped by a strong showing in the rural part of the district. He was endorsed by the California Farm Bureau and The Fresno Bee. The district was solidly Republican, and Nunes coasted to victory in November 2002. He was 29 years old.

Nunes faced token Democratic opposition in 2004, 2006, and 2008. He ran unopposed in the 2010 general election.{{cite web|title=United States Congress Election Results, 2010|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-primary/pdf/85-95-cd.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321104908/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-primary/pdf/85-95-cd.pdf|archive-date=March 21, 2012|access-date=March 21, 2012|website=California Secretary of State}}{{cite news|date=July 6, 2010|title=Election Summary Report, Statewide Direct Primary Election, June 8, 2010, Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, All Counters, All Races, Final Official Report|publisher=Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters|url=http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/DepartmentPage.aspx?id=43518|url-status=dead|access-date=January 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109051133/http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/DepartmentPage.aspx?id=43518|archive-date=November 9, 2010}}

After the 2010 census, Nunes's district was renumbered the 22nd. It lost most of eastern Tulare County to the neighboring 23rd District, and now has a small plurality of Hispanic voters. Despite these changes, on paper it was no less Republican than its predecessor. Nunes was reelected with 62% of the vote in 2012, 72% in 2014, and 68% in 2016.{{cite web|last=Bowen|first=Debra|date=November 2012|title=Statement of Vote, November 6, 2012, General Election|url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/sov-complete.pdf|access-date=January 22, 2018|website=California Secretary of State|publisher=State of California|page=31|archive-date=May 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525163854/http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/sov-complete.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Bowen|first=Debra|date=November 2014|title=Statement of Vote, November 4, 2014, General Election|url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/pdf/2014-complete-sov.pdf|access-date=January 22, 2018|website=California Secretary of State|publisher=State of California|page=7|archive-date=August 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814030803/http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/pdf/2014-complete-sov.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Padilla|first=Alex|date=November 2016|title=Statement of Vote, November 8, 2016, General Election|url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/2016-complete-sov.pdf|access-date=January 22, 2018|website=California Secretary of State|publisher=State of California|page=6|archive-date=February 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203051650/http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/2016-complete-sov.pdf|url-status=live}}

During the 2014 election cycle Nunes received approximately $1.4{{nbsp}}million in political action committee (PAC) contributions.{{cite web|title=Rep. Devin Nunes: Campaign Finance/Money—PAC Data—Representative 2014|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cid=N00007248&cycle=2014|access-date=March 27, 2017|publisher=OpenSecrets|archive-date=March 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327171849/https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cid=N00007248&cycle=2014|url-status=live}} During the 2016 election cycle, he received approximately $1.6{{nbsp}}million in campaign contributions from PACs.{{cite web|title=Rep. Devin Nunes: Campaign Finance/Money—PAC Data—Representative 2016|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2016&cid=N00007248&type=I|access-date=March 27, 2017|publisher=OpenSecrets|archive-date=March 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327170518/https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2016&cid=N00007248&type=I|url-status=live}}

In 2018, Nunes faced Democratic nominee Andrew Janz, a Fresno County prosecutor.{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Donnell|date=August 1, 2018|title=Restless Valley: Can Devin Nunes Hold His Seat in November? {{!}} Capital & Main|url=https://capitalandmain.com/restless-valley-can-devin-nunes-hold-his-seat-in-november-0801|access-date=August 9, 2018|website=capitalandmain.com|language=en-US}} Nunes defeated Janz with 53% of the vote to Janz's 47%, the closest race of Nunes's career.{{cite web|title=California Election Results: 22nd House District|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/48-congress.pdf|access-date=December 21, 2018|website=California Secretary of State|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221230644/https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/48-congress.pdf|url-status=live}}

In 2020, Nunes received 56.5% of the vote in the primary.{{Cite web|title=Devin Nunes|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Devin_Nunes|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Ballotpedia|language=en|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007022733/https://ballotpedia.org/Devin_Nunes|url-status=live}} Nunes defeated Phil Arballo in the general election on November 3, 2020.{{Cite news|first1=Alejandra|last1=Reyes-Velarde|first2=Luke |last2=Money|date=November 4, 2020|title=Republican Rep. Devin Nunes wins reelection in District 22|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-04/republican-congressman-devin-nunes-regains-narrow-lead-over-newcomer|access-date=November 5, 2020|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105125844/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-04/republican-congressman-devin-nunes-regains-narrow-lead-over-newcomer|url-status=live}}

In 2015, Nunes became the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.{{cite web |url=http://intelligence.house.gov/about/chairman.htm |title=HPSCI Majority Members |access-date=January 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722144629/http://intelligence.house.gov/about/chairman.htm |archive-date=July 22, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

As co-chair of the U.S.–Mexico Friendship Caucus, he and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer met with President Felipe Calderón of Mexico in April 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/2012/04/se-reune-el-presidente-calderon-con-legisladores-estadounidenses/|title=Se Reúne El Presidente Calderón Con Legisladores Estadounidenses |date=April 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530074206/http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/2012/04/se-reune-el-presidente-calderon-con-legisladores-estadounidenses|archive-date=May 30, 2012|work=Presidencia De La República, México|language=es}}

Nunes was a member of the House Baltic Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|publisher=House Baltic Caucus|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221222500/http://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|url-status=live}} and the U.S.-Japan Caucus.{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://usjapancaucus-castro.house.gov/members|publisher=U.S.–Japan Caucus|access-date=December 14, 2018|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221215846/https://usjapancaucus-castro.house.gov/members|url-status=live}}

• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
• Committee on Ways and Means
• Subcommittee on Trade
• Subcommittee on Health

• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (chair){{cite news |title=Devin Nunes says he's temporarily stepping aside from Russia probe |author=Cloud, David S.|date=April 6, 2017|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-devin-nunes-says-he-s-temporarily-1491486690-htmlstory.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 6, 2017}}
• Committee on Ways and Means

• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Ranking Member)
• Committee on Ways and Means

In December 2021, Nunes resigned from the House, effective January 1, 2022, in order to join the Trump Media & Technology Group as chief executive officer.{{cite news |last1=Nobles |first1=Ryan |title=Devin Nunes says he's leaving Congress by the end of the year |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/06/politics/devin-nunes-retiring/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=December 6, 2021}}

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Former Trump campaign CEO and chief strategist Steve Bannon has called Nunes Trump's second-strongest ally in Congress.

Los Angeles Times described him as "one of Trump's most ardent and outlandish defenders in Congress" who "parroted the president's conspiracy theories" and used his position "to try to undermine [the] investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election."{{cite news |author=Los Angeles Times Editorial Board |title=Editorial: Devin Nunes doesn't even belong in the vicinity of the Presidential Medal of Freedom |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-01-05/devin-nunes-presidential-medal |access-date=5 January 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

During the presidency of Donald Trump, Nunes voted in line with the president's stated position 96.2% of the time.{{cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Aaron |title=Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/devin-nunes/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005215754/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/devin-nunes/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 5, 2017 |website=FiveThirtyEight |access-date=29 October 2021 |language=en |date=30 January 2017}} As of December 2021, Nunes had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 11% of the time.{{cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/devin-nunes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508163753/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/devin-nunes/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2021|access-date=29 October 2021 |language=en |date=2021-10-22}}

On July 28, 2010, Nunes introduced H.R. 5899, "A Roadmap for America's Energy Future", which would have accelerated the exploration and production of fossil fuel, supported the rapid development of market-based alternative energy supplies, and expanded the number of nuclear reactors from 104 to 300 over the next thirty years.{{Cite web| url=http://nunes.house.gov/_files/NUNES_038_xml.pdf | title=A bill to expand domestic fossil fuel production, develop more nuclear power, and expand renewable electricity | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803224353/http://nunes.house.gov/_files/NUNES_038_xml.pdf | archive-date=August 3, 2010 | url-status=dead | access-date=August 4, 2010}} Kimberley Strassel of The Wall Street Journal wrote, "It's a bill designed to produce energy, not restrict it" with "no freebies", and "offers a competitive twist to government support of renewable energy."{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703578104575397652539348486|title=A GOP Energy Alternative|last1=Strassel|first1=Kimberley A.|date=July 30, 2010|work=The Wall Street Journal}}

Nunes wrote in his book Restoring the Republic that environmental lobbyists were "followers of neo-Marxist, socialist, Maoist or Communist ideals."{{cite web|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article24592231.html|title=California lawmaker's book pounds environmentalists|first=Michael|last=Doyle |work=mcclatchydc.com}}

In February 2014, during a drought in California, Nunes rejected any link to global warming, claiming "Global warming is nonsense."{{cite news|last1=Onishi|first1=Norimitsu|last2=Davenport|first2=Coral|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/us/politics/obama-to-announce-aid-for-drought-racked-california.html|title=Obama Announces Aid for Drought-Stricken California|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 14, 2014|access-date=May 17, 2015}} He has said it was a "man-made drought" due to water restrictions from the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and other environmental regulations that have seen water allocations decline dramatically even in non-drought years.[http://www.kmjnow.com/pages/landing_news?Valley-GOP-Reps-Introduce-Water-Legislat=1&blockID=520842&feedID=806] {{dead link|date=February 2017}}

He criticized the federal government for shutting off portions of California's system of water irrigation and storage and diverting water into a program for freshwater salmon and the delta smelt. Nunes co-sponsored the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act to stop a project designed to restore a dried-up section of the San Joaquin River. He also co-sponsored the California Emergency Drought Relief Act. The bills passed the House of Representatives in February 2014 and December 2014 respectively, but were not voted on by the Senate.

On January 27, 2010, Nunes co-sponsored H.R. 4529, Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010, the Republican Party's budget proposal.{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5i9fHP7Wzo| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/j5i9fHP7Wzo| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=A Roadmap for America's Future—Introduction Press Conference|date=January 27, 2010|access-date=March 28, 2017|website=youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4529|title=H.R.4529—111th Congress (2009–2010): Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress|publisher=Congress.gov|date=February 23, 2010}}

On December 2, 2010, Nunes introduced H.R. 6484, the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act, which would "provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans," but it never received a vote.[http://nunes.house.gov/_files/BILLS111hr6484ih.pdf H.R. 6484—To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans.] December 2, 2010, as introduced. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226112318/http://nunes.house.gov/_files/BILLS111hr6484ih.pdf|date=December 26, 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6290/text|title=Text—H.R.6290—115th Congress (2017–2018): Public Employee Pension Transparency Act|last=Devin|first=Nunes|date=June 28, 2018|website=www.congress.gov|language=en|access-date=October 5, 2018}}

Nunes has long been a proponent of a consumption tax model and has been influenced by David Bradford.{{cite news|url=https://www.bna.com/nunes-bill-seen-n73014445591/|title=Nunes Bill Seen as Big Influence in Republican Tax Plan|publisher=Bloomberg BNA|access-date=April 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211160331/https://www.bna.com/nunes-bill-seen-n73014445591/|archive-date=February 11, 2017|url-status=dead}} In 2016, he introduced the American Business Competitiveness Act (H.R. 4377), known as the ABC Act, a "cash-flow tax plan" featuring full expensing and a reduction of the highest rate for federal corporate income tax rate to 25%. Nunes's proposal was influential among House Republicans, and had similarities to the House Republican tax plan introduced by Speaker Paul Ryan and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady in June 2016. Conservative economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin said Nunes had "a tremendous impact on the debate" for a non-chairman.

In April 2016, Nunes voted for the Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act, a bill that would prevent the IRS from accessing the names of donors to nonprofit organizations.[http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/04/29/koch-brothers-efforts-to-hide-nonprofit-donors-identity-steamrolls-ahead/ "Koch Brothers Push Forward Efforts To Hide Nonprofit Donors' Identities"], April 29, 2016, CBS San Francisco, Retrieved April 21, 2017, "... Among the Republicans on the committee who voted in favor of the bill was California's Rep. Devin Nunes ..." Critics of the bill, which was promoted by the Koch brothers, say IRS access to donor information is important for ensuring foreign funds do not impact U.S. elections.

Nunes voted in support of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/19/us/politics/tax-bill-house-live-vote.html|title=How Each House Member Voted on the Tax Bill|last1=Almukhtar|first1=Sarah|date=December 19, 2017|website=The New York Times|access-date=December 22, 2017|archive-date=December 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219233808/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/19/us/politics/tax-bill-house-live-vote.html|url-status=live}}

In 2009, Nunes co-authored the "Patients' Choice Act" with Paul Ryan (R-WI) in the House, and Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Richard Burr (R-NC) in the Senate. The bill would have established a system of state health insurance exchanges and amended the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for qualified health care insurance coverage. It also proposed to absorb Medicaid programs into the exchange system.{{cite web|url=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2520ih.txt.pdf|title=FDsys—Browse Congressional Bills|work=gpo.gov}}{{primary source inline|date=May 2021}} The Patients' Choice Act was incorporated into the "Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010".{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

Nunes opposes the Affordable Care Act and has said it cannot be fixed.{{cite web|url=https://nunes.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=361678|title=There is no fixing ObamaCare|date=November 15, 2013|website=U.S. House of Representatives|language=en|access-date=October 5, 2018|archive-date=October 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006075107/https://nunes.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=361678|url-status=dead}} In 2017 he voted to repeal it.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/04/us/politics/house-vote-republican-health-care-bill.html|title=How Every Member Voted on the House Health Care Bill|last=Aisch|first=Gregor|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 4, 2017|access-date=October 5, 2018|language=en|archive-date=May 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508231616/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/04/us/politics/house-vote-republican-health-care-bill.html|url-status=live}}

Nunes supported President Trump's Executive Order 13769 imposing a temporary ban on entry into the United States by citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, claiming it was "a common-sense security measure to prevent terror attacks on the homeland".{{cite web|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/29/republicans-on-trump-travel-ban/|title=Coffman, Gardner join Republicans against President Trump's travel ban; here's where the rest stand|last1=Blake|first1=Aaron|date=January 29, 2017|work=The Denver Post|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129222238/http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/29/republicans-on-trump-travel-ban/|url-status=live}}

Nunes opposed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an international agreement that the U.S. and other major world powers negotiated with Iran, under which Iran was granted partial sanctions relief in exchange for limits on and monitoring of its nuclear activities.{{cite news|first=Ken|last=Dilanian|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/house-intelligence-chair-calls-for-new-iran-assessment/|title=House intelligence chair calls for new Iran assessment|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Times of Israel|date=July 29, 2015}}{{cite web|first=Eli|last=Lak|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-07-14/house-intelligence-chairman-deal-paves-way-for-iranian-bomb|title=House Intelligence Chairman: Deal Paves Way for Iranian Bomb|website=Bloomberg.com|date=July 14, 2015}}

As House Intelligence Committee chairman, Nunes oversaw the Republican-controlled committee's two-year-long investigation into the U.S. response to the 2012 Benghazi attack. The committee's final report found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or any other Obama administration officials, and concluded that the response of CIA and U.S. military to the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound was correct.{{cite web|first=Ken|last=Dilanian|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/house-intelligence-committee-investigation-debunks-many-benghazi-theories/|title=House Intelligence Committee investigation debunks many Benghazi theories|website=PBS |agency=Associated Press|date=November 21, 2014}} The committee's report debunked "a series of persistent allegations hinting at dark conspiracies" about the attack, determining that "there was no intelligence failure, no delay in sending a CIA rescue team, no missed opportunity for a military rescue, and no evidence the CIA was covertly shipping arms from Libya to Syria", but found "that the State Department facility where [Christopher] Stevens and [Sean] Smith were killed was not well-protected, and that State Department security agents knew they could not defend it from a well-armed attack".

Paul Ryan vacated the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee when he replaced John Boehner as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Ryan asked Nunes to stay on the Intelligence Committee, and Nunes complied.{{cite news|url=https://intelligence.house.gov/press-release/nunes-remain-intel-committee-chairman|title=Nunes to Remain as Intel Committee Chairman|last=Nunes|first=Devin|date=October 29, 2015|access-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210202433/https://intelligence.house.gov/press-release/nunes-remain-intel-committee-chairman|archive-date=December 10, 2015|url-status=dead|publisher=United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/426322/devin-nunes-wont-seek-ways-and-means-gavel-ryans-request-joel-gehrke-elaina-plott|title=Devin Nunes Won't Seek Ways and Means Gavel, at Ryan's Request|last1=Gehrke|first1=Joel|date=October 29, 2015|work=National Review|access-date=December 8, 2015|last2=Plott|first2=Elaina}}

In January 2019, Congress passed a bill Nunes supported, which extends Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until 2023, and Trump signed it into law that month. FISA Section 702 allows the National Security Agency to conduct searches of foreigners' communications without a warrant. The process incidentally collects information from Americans. Nunes lauded the bill's passing: "The House of Representatives has taken a big step to ensure the continuation of one of the Intelligence Community's most vital tools for tracking foreign terrorists".{{cite web |last1=Krieg |first1=Gregory |title=Why are GOP surveillance hawks so excited to 'release the memo'? |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/31/politics/republicans-nunes-memo-fisa-surveillance/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=June 27, 2019 |date=January 31, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Volz |first1=Dustin |title=Trump signs bill renewing NSA's internet surveillance program |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-cyber-surveillance/trump-signs-bill-renewing-nsas-internet-surveillance-program-idUSKBN1F82MK |website=Reuters |access-date=June 27, 2019 |date=January 20, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Matishak |first1=Martin |title=Trump signs surveillance extension into law |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/19/trump-surveillance-extension-351136 |website=Politico |access-date=June 27, 2019 |date=January 17, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Haynes |first1=Danielle |title=Trump signs FISA law amid speculation over intelligence memo |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/01/19/Trump-signs-FISA-law-amid-speculation-over-intelligence-memo/4291516400093/ |website=UPI |access-date=June 27, 2019}}

Nunes accused Turkey, a NATO member, of inciting the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.{{cite news |title=Members of Congress Blast Azerbaijan and Turkey As Attack on Artsakh Expands to Armenia |url=https://armenianweekly.com/2020/09/29/members-of-congress-blast-azerbaijan-and-turkey-as-attack-on-artsakh-expands-to-armenia/ |work=Armenian Weekly |date=September 29, 2020}} On October 1, 2020, he co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that condemned Azerbaijan's offensive operations against Nagorno-Karabakh, denounced Turkey's role in the conflict and called for an immediate ceasefire.{{cite news |title=Senate and House Leaders to Secretary of State Pompeo: Cut Military Aid to Azerbaijan; Sanction Turkey for Ongoing Attacks Against Armenia and Artsakh |url=https://armenianweekly.com/2020/10/02/senate-and-house-leaders-to-secretary-of-state-pompeo-cut-military-aid-to-azerbaijan-sanction-turkey-for-ongoing-attacks-against-armenia-and-artsakh/ |work=Armenian Weekly |date=October 2, 2020 |access-date=October 11, 2020 |archive-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005130156/https://armenianweekly.com/2020/10/02/senate-and-house-leaders-to-secretary-of-state-pompeo-cut-military-aid-to-azerbaijan-sanction-turkey-for-ongoing-attacks-against-armenia-and-artsakh/ |url-status=live }}

California State Route 99 is a highway running north–south that branches from Interstate 5 at the community of Wheeler Ridge in Kern County and continues northward through the Central Valley until it connects with Interstate 5 again at Red Bluff in Tehama County. In 2005 Nunes introduced H.R. 99, which designated State Route 99 as a congressional High Priority Corridor. The bill also provided federal authorization for Highway 99 to become part of the Interstate Highway System. On February 17, 2011, Nunes introduced H.R. 761, the "San Joaquin Valley Transportation Enhancement Act", which would give the State of California the option to redirect federal high-speed rail funds to finance improvements to Highway 99.{{cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-761|title=San Joaquin Valley Transportation Enhancement Act of 2011 (2011—H.R. 761) |work=GovTrack}} H.R. 761 was cosponsored by Jeff Denham (R-CA) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).{{cite news|last1=Cox|first1=John|title=McCarthy backs plan to redirect bullet train money to improve Highway 99|url=http://www.bakersfield.com/news/business/economy/x1248562259/McCarthy-backs-plan-to-redirect-bullet-train-money-to-improve-Highway-99|publisher=Bakersfield.com|date=February 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426115920/http://www.bakersfield.com/news/business/economy/x1248562259/McCarthy-backs-plan-to-redirect-bullet-train-money-to-improve-Highway-99|archive-date=April 26, 2011}}

In 2015, Nunes clashed with the Pentagon over a U.S. base in the Azores, Portugal.{{cite web|url=http://nunes.house.gov/biography/|title=Biography—Congressman Devin Nunes|work=house.gov|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107015513/https://nunes.house.gov/about/default.aspx|url-status=dead}} He proposed relocating Africa Command and European Command intelligence centers to the Azores, contrary to plans by Pentagon and NATO to create a larger intelligence "fusion" facility in the United Kingdom, maintaining that this would save money because of the Azores' lower living and construction costs.Barnes, Julian E. (June 16, 2015). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-portugal-wrangle-over-fate-of-u-s-base-in-azores-1434488999 "U.S., Portugal Wrangle Over Fate of U.S. Base in Azores,"] The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 7, 2015. The Pentagon responded by stating "Moving to Lajes Field is very expensive and living is expensive as well."{{cite web|url=http://www.militaryinstallations.dod.mil/pls/psgprod/f?p=132:CONTENT:0::NO::P4_INST_ID,P4_INST_TYPE:360,INSTALLATION |title=Lajes Field, Armed Forces Europe, Middle East, Africa |publisher=US Department of Defense |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210409/http://www.militaryinstallations.dod.mil/pls/psgprod/f?p=132%3ACONTENT%3A0%3A%3ANO%3A%3AP4_INST_ID%2CP4_INST_TYPE%3A360%2CINSTALLATION |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }} In sum, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found inaccuracies in the information provided by the Department of Defense to Congress, according to its report.{{cite web|url=https://media.defense.gov/2017/Nov/09/2001840992/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2018-003.PDF|title= Inspector General {{!}} Report of Investigation on Allegetions Related to the Department of Defense's Decision to Relocate a Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015115154/https://media.defense.gov/2017/Nov/09/2001840992/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2018-003.PDF |archive-date=2019-10-15|date=October 30, 2017}}

On March 15, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Nunes encouraged families who were "healthy" to "go out and go to a local restaurant, likely you can get in easy."{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/03/devin-nunes-this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-coronavirus/|title=Devin Nunes just went on Fox News and told viewers, "It's a great time to go out"|last=Rosenberg|first=Jacob|magazine=Mother Jones|date=March 15, 2020|language=en-US|access-date=March 15, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/devin-nunes-contradicts-top-federal-expert-by-telling-people-to-go-to-restaurants-pubs|title=Devin Nunes Contradicts Top Federal Expert by Telling People to Go to Restaurants, Pubs|last=Baragona|first=Justin|date=March 15, 2020|website=The Daily Beast|language=en|access-date=2020-03-15}}{{Cite news|last1=Padilla|first1=Mariel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/us/stay-home-go-out-coronavirus.html|title=Nunes Encourages People to Dine Out as Experts Urge Them to Stay Home|date=2020-03-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-17|last2=Montague|first2=Zach|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} This advice contradicted that of the CDC, and WHO, as well as that of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government's leading expert on infectious diseases, who advised people to stay at home if they could. Later, Nunes walked back his comments and claimed that he had encouraged people to use drive-throughs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/16/coronavirus-devin-nunes-walks-back-go-your-local-pub-comments/5065469002/|title=Nunes walks back 'go to your local pub' comments, blames media for creating coronavirus panic|last=Behrmann|first=Savannah|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-17}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/devin-nunes-blames-media-freaks-for-fallout-after-suggesting-people-go-to-your-local-pub/|title=GOP Rep. Devin Nunes Blames 'Media Freaks' for Fallout After Suggesting People 'Go to Your Local Pub' (Video)|date=2020-03-17|website=TheWrap|first=Lindsey|last=Ellefson|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-17}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/17/devin-nuness-bad-clean-up-effort-his-coronavirus-comments/|title=Devin Nunes's bad cleanup effort after his coronavirus comments|date=2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Aaron|last=Blake}} On March 31, he described California's decision to close schools to halt the spread of coronavirus as "way overkill".{{Cite news|date=2020|title=Devin Nunes calls California coronavirus plan 'way overkill' the same day Trump praises it|work=Fresno Bee|first=Kate|last=Irby|url=https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article241678481.html}}{{Cite web|title=Nunes: California canceling school year is 'way overkill'|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/01/nunes-canceling-school-year-overkill-158930|last=Forgey|first=Quint|website=Politico|language=en|date=April 1, 2020|access-date=May 16, 2020}} Nunes said he wanted people to return to work in one to two weeks.

On March 17, 2020, Nunes told Laura Ingraham on Fox News that the media was exaggerating the threat of COVID-19. He predicted that the crisis would be over by Easter. "There's a good chance we can get through this in the next couple of weeks and for sure by Easter, because we will have a handle on who's getting sick and how to treat them," he said.{{cite web|url=https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/article241337396.html|title=As coronavirus spreads in Devin Nunes' district, he blames 'these media freaks'|work=The Fresno Bee|first=Kate|last=Irby|date=March 19, 2020|access-date=January 22, 2021}}

During the debate over the Affordable Health Care Act in the House of Representatives, Nunes said of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, "For most of the 20th century people fled the ghost of communist dictators and now you are bringing the ghosts back into this chamber."{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auJ4VtdAd7w| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/auJ4VtdAd7w| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=Healthcare Bill: The Ghost of Communism|last=RepDevinNunes|date=March 21, 2010|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} He has also had a long-running dispute with another San Francisco Bay-area Democrat, Senator Dianne Feinstein, over California water policy and other issues, even running a series of advertisements against her in California.{{cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2011/Nov/07/gop_congressman_runs_tv_ads_attacking_feinstein.html|title=GOP congressman runs TV ads attacking Feinstein|date=November 7, 2011|agency=Associated Press|publisher=Real Clear Politics}}

Nunes's criticisms have not been limited to liberals or the Obama administration. During the October 2013 budget standoff, Nunes called certain members of his own Republican Conference who favored a government shutdown "lemmings with suicide vests". "It's kind of an insult to lemmings to call them lemmings" because of their tactics, he said.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/09/30/nunes-calls-fellow-house-republicans-lemmings-with-suicide-vests/|title=Nunes calls fellow House Republicans 'Lemmings with suicide vests'|last=Helderman|first=Rosalind S.|date=September 30, 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/us/politics/conservatives-with-a-cause-were-right.html|title=Conservatives With a Cause: 'We're Right'|last=Parker|first=Ashley|date=September 30, 2013|work=The New York Times}}

In May 2014, Nunes came under fire when he charged that Michigan Congressman and (then) fellow Republican Justin Amash was "al-Qaeda's best friend in Congress" because of Amash's supposed voting record on National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance. At the time, Amash had voted in opposition to a Nunes water bill for California "on constitutional grounds".{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/establishment-tea-partier-106476.html|title=Taking on a die-hard tea partier|last1=Palmer|first1=Anna|date=May 8, 2014|work=Politico|last2=Sherman|first2=Jake}}

{{See also|Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|Nunes memo}}

In February 2017, Nunes, who served on the Trump transition team, was the first leading House Republican to deny that the intelligence community had evidence of contact between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives.{{cite news|last1=Demirjian|first1=Karoun|title=House Intel chair: Trump-Russia ties can't become 'witch hunt'|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-russia-ties-20170227-story.html|work=Chicago Tribune|date=February 27, 2017}} He rejected repeated calls for an investigation by a select committee,{{cite web|first1=John|last1=Bresnahan|first2=Rachael|last2=Bade|authorlink2=Rachael Bade|date=February 15, 2017|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/house-intel-chairman-dismisses-call-for-russia-probe-235052|title=House intel chairman dismisses call for expanded Russia probe|website=Politico|accessdate=February 16, 2017|quote=... There is not going to be one; I can tell you there is absolutely not going to be one ...}}{{Cite news|last=Siders|first=David|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/house-intel-chair-trump-russia-investigation-calls-almost-like-mccarthyism-235405|title=House Intel chair: Trump-Russia investigation calls 'almost like McCarthyism'|work=Politico|date=February 26, 2017|access-date=February 26, 2017}} saying the House should not engage in a "witch hunt" and that "at this point, there's nothing there". Nunes also rejected calls that he request President Trump's tax returns. At a White House communications aide's request, Nunes spoke to a reporter for The Wall Street Journal to challenge a story about the Trump campaign's connections to Russia.{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Greg|last2=Entous|first2=Adam|title=Trump administration sought to enlist intelligence officials, key lawmakers to counter Russia stories|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-sought-to-enlist-intelligence-officials-key-lawmakers-to-counter-russia-stories/2017/02/24/c8487552-fa99-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 24, 2017|access-date=February 28, 2017|archive-date=March 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301130011/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-sought-to-enlist-intelligence-officials-key-lawmakers-to-counter-russia-stories/2017/02/24/c8487552-fa99-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html|url-status=live}}

When Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned after it was revealed that he had allegedly misled Vice President Mike Pence about his communication with Russian officials, Nunes said he would not seek to investigate Flynn's ties to Russia: "From everything that I can see, his conversations with the Russian ambassador—he was doing this country a favor, and he should be thanked for it."{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/us/politics/house-intelligence-commitee-russia-investigation.html|title=If Russia Inquiry Is Not 'Legitimate,' Democrats May Abandon It|last=Huetteman|first=Emmarie|date=March 11, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 12, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}

On March 22, 2017, during the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, Nunes held a press conference to announce that he had received information that the communications of "some members of Trump's transition team, including potentially the president himself" had been "incidentally collected" by the intelligence community and "widely disseminated" throughout the intelligence community. He added that it was legal FISA surveillance, and unrelated to Russia. It was later revealed that it involved Russia and the Trump transition team. The surveillance was of multiple phone conversations between Michael Flynn, a member of the transition team, and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, which occurred after Flynn sought advice from the Trump transition team at Mar-a-Lago, where they discussed what Flynn should tell Kislyak "about the administration's stance on the sanctions. [Kislyak had contacted Flynn the day before]{{nbsp}}... members of the team at the president's Florida estate agree that they do not want Russia to escalate the diplomatic crisis. After the initial call, Flynn [spoke] with Kislyak multiple times by phone and urge[d] him not to exacerbate the situation. U.S. intelligence officials intercept[ed] the calls as part of their routine surveillance of foreign dignitaries."{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/flynn-trump-timeline/548348/ |title=The 18 Days That Haunt Trump's Presidency; A timeline of the events that led up to former National-Security Adviser Michael Flynn's departure from the White House |first=Matt|last=Ford |date=December 15, 2017 |work=The Atlantic |access-date=December 17, 2017 }}

Nunes had met his source for the information one day earlier at the White House grounds, with a spokesman for Nunes claiming this provided "a secure location" to view the material.{{cite news|last1=Kelsey|first1=Adam|title=The path to Devin Nunes stepping aside from Russia probe|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/path-devin-nunes-stepping-russia-probe/story?id=46658462|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=ABC News|date=April 8, 2017|archive-date=March 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330170613/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/path-devin-nunes-stepping-russia-probe/story?id=46658462|url-status=live}} Although Nunes had characterized his intelligence sources as whistle-blowers whose identities he had to protect, The New York Times reported that they were actually White House officials Ezra Cohen-Watnick and Michael Ellis,{{cite news|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Matthew|last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie|last3=Goldman|first3=Adam|title=2 White House Officials Helped Give Nunes Intelligence Reports|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/us/politics/devin-nunes-intelligence-reports.html|work=The New York Times|date=March 30, 2017 |access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-date=February 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145011/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/us/politics/devin-nunes-intelligence-reports.html|url-status=live}} while The Washington Post reported that along with Cohen-Watnick and Ellis, a third man, National Security Council lawyer John Eisenberg, was involved.{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Greg|last2=DeYoung|first2=Karen|title=Three White House officials tied to files shared with House intelligence chairman|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/three-white-house-officials-tied-to-files-shared-with-house-intelligence-chairman/2017/03/30/de4b8c30-1589-11e7-9e4f-09aa75d3ec57_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401040317/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/three-white-house-officials-tied-to-files-shared-with-house-intelligence-chairman/2017/03/30/de4b8c30-1589-11e7-9e4f-09aa75d3ec57_story.html|url-status=live}}

Nunes was widely criticized for sharing this information with the media and the president before briefing his colleagues on the committee.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-transition-team-communication-was-incidentally-monitored-by-u-s-gop-committee-chairman-says-1490204896|title=GOP Lawmaker Devin Nunes Sparks New Battle Over Trump Spy Claim|first1=Byron|last1=Tau|first2=Rebecca|last2=Ballhaus|date=March 23, 2017|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=March 22, 2017|archive-date=July 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711094749/https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-transition-team-communication-was-incidentally-monitored-by-u-s-gop-committee-chairman-says-1490204896|url-status=live}} According to Nunes, the intercepted communications came in November, December and January—after Trump won the election but before he was sworn in as president.{{cite news|last1=Derespina|first1=Cody|title=Trump team communications captured by intelligence community surveillance, Nunes says|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-team-communications-captured-by-intelligence-community-surveillance-nunes-says|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=Fox News|date=March 22, 2017}} Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the committee, and House Democratic leadership called on Nunes to recuse himself from the investigation. He also received criticism from Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham.{{cite news|last1=LoBianco|first1=Tom|last2=Mattingly|first2=Phil|last3=Watkins|first3=Eli|title=Calls grow for Nunes to step aside in Russia probe|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/27/politics/adam-schiff-nunes-recusal-russia/|work=CNN}} The latter compared Nunes's actions to those of the comically incompetent fictional character Inspector Clouseau. Nunes was criticized by Democrats and some Republicans for sharing information on an investigation of the Trump campaign with the administration without communicating it to Schiff, his Democratic Intelligence Committee counterpart.{{cite news|last=Huetteman|first=Emmarie|title=G.O.P. Panel Chairman Apologizes for Withholding Trump Data From Democrats|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/us/politics/gop-devin-nunes-trump-data.html|work=The New York Times|date=March 24, 2017}}

In late March 2017, Nunes canceled a public hearing in which former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, former National Security Agency Director James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan were to testify,{{cite news|last1=Demirjian|first1=Karoun|title=House Intelligence panel's Russia probe effectively put on hold|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-house-intelligence-committee-russia-20170328-story.html|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=The Chicago Tribune|date=March 28, 2017}} saying he wanted to hear FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers in a classified setting first. Democrats criticized Nunes's decision and said he was trying to protect the White House from damaging revelations.{{cite news|last1=Sciutto|first1=Jim|last2=Raju|first2=Manu|last3=Brown|first3=Pamela|title=Sources: Former Acting AG Yates to contradict administration about Flynn at hearing|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/02/politics/sally-yates-michael-flynn-testimony-contradict/|work=CNN|date=May 3, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Beavers|first1=Olivia|title=Yates to testify she gave White House forceful warning on Flynn: report|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/331640-cnn-yates-to-testify-that-she-gave-white-house-forceful-warning-on/|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=The Hill|date=May 2, 2017}}

On April 6, 2017, Nunes temporarily stepped aside from leading the Russia investigation while the Office of Congressional Ethics investigated whether he had "made unauthorized disclosures of classified information, in violation of House Rules, law, regulations, or other standards of conduct"{{cite web|url=http://ethics.house.gov/press-release/statement-chairwoman-and-ranking-member-committee-ethics-regarding-representative-0 |title=Statement of the Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Devin Nunes—House Committee on Ethics|website=ethics.house.gov|date=April 6, 2017}} in his March press conference. He called the charges "entirely false and politically motivated". On April 12, 2017, sources from both the Republican and the Democratic parties said the original documents Nunes cited did not support Trump's claims that the Obama administration acted illegally or unusually.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/11/politics/intelligence-contradicts-nunes-unmasking-claims |title=Classified docs contradict Nunes surveillance claims, GOP and Dem sources say|author1=Jim Sciutto, Manu Raju |author2=Eric Bradner|date=April 12, 2017 }}

In May 2017, Nunes unilaterally issued three subpoenas seeking documents about former Obama administration officials who requested the unmasking of Trump aides, which led to renewed accusations of colluding with the White House to undercut the Russia probe.Tom LoBianco, Jeremy Herb, June 3, 2017, CNN, [http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/02/politics/russia-investigation-house-intelligence-committee/index.html House Russia probe veers close to dysfunction at end of rocky week], Retrieved June 3, 2017, "... Nunes's decision to send out subpoenas re-opened old wounds and allegations that he was coordinating with the White House to undercut the House Russia investigation ..."

According to Politico, in July 2017 an aide to Nunes secretly sent a pair of Republican staffers to London to contact Christopher Steele.{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/04/trump-steele-dossier-russia-241299|title=Hunt for Trump dossier author inflames Russia probe|date=August 8, 2017|publisher=Politico}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/07/donald-trump-russia-dossier-christopher-steele-devin-nunes|title=Secretive search for man behind Trump dossier reveals tension in Russia inquiry|date=August 8, 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}} The Los Angeles Times editorial board wrote that Nunes's involvement in the investigation was "threatening the credibility of the probe".{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-nunes-trump-20170602-story.html|title=Devin Nunes's 'comeback' is bad for the Intelligence Committee|last=Board|first=The Times Editorial | newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 25, 2018}}

In December 2017, the United States House Committee on Ethics closed its investigation into improper disclosure of classified information by Nunes; the co-chairs of the Committee stated: "The Committee does not determine whether information is or is not classified. In the course of this investigation, the Committee sought the analysis of Representative Nunes's statements by classification experts in the intelligence community. Based solely on the conclusion of these classification experts that the information Representative Nunes disclosed was not classified, the Committee will take no further action and considers this matter closed."{{cite news|last1=Kelly|first1=Erin|title=House Ethics Committee closes probe of Intel Chairman Devin Nunes|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/12/07/house-ethics-panel-clearntel-chairman-devin-nunes-cleared-ethics-committee-disclosing-classified-inf/933111001/|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=February 5, 2018}} In January 2018, The Atlantic cited three congressional sources describing that the Ethics Committee was never able to obtain the classified information it was investigating regarding Nunes's case.{{cite web|last1=Bertrand|first1=Natasha|title=The Circumscribed Ethics Investigation Into Devin Nunes|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/devin-nunes-controversy/551792/|work=The Atlantic|date=January 29, 2018|access-date=February 5, 2018}} In February 2018, Nunes released a four-page memorandum alleging that the FBI's 2016 surveillance of Carter Page, a former member of the Trump campaign, was motivated by bias against Trump. Trump said the Nunes memo vindicated him.{{cite magazine|title=President Trump Says Nunes Memo 'Totally Vindicates' Him in Russia Investigation|url=https://time.com/5131993/donald-trump-nunes-memo-vindicates/|magazine=Time|access-date=February 17, 2018}}{{cite web|title=Trump claims Nunes memo 'totally' vindicates him as FBI says 'talk is cheap'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/03/trump-nunes-memo-totally-vindicates-fbi |work=The Guardian|date=February 3, 2018 |access-date=February 17, 2018}}{{cite web|title=President Trump tweets Nunes memo 'totally vindicates' him in Russia collusion probe|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-tweets-nunes-memo-totally-vindicates-russia-probe-article-1.3796756

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In August 2018, Nunes traveled to London in an attempt to meet with the heads of MI5, MI6, and GCHQ for information about Steele, but was rebuffed by the three agencies.{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/devin-nuness-curious-trip-to-london/568699/ |publisher=The Atlantic |title=Devin Nunes's Curious Trip to London |first=Natasha |last=Bertrand |date=August 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828170544/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/devin-nuness-curious-trip-to-london/568699/ |archive-date=August 28, 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-nunes/congressman-nunes-sought-meeting-with-uk-spy-chiefs-in-london-idUSKCN1LD1VX |work=Reuters |date=August 28, 2018 |title=Congressman Nunes sought meeting with UK spy chiefs in London |first=Mark |last=Hosenball |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Graff}}

{{Trump–Ukraine scandal series}}

As the top Republican ("Ranking Member") on the House Intelligence Committee, Nunes was a key player in the Trump impeachment inquiry. During the November 2019 public hearings, he delivered the opening statement for the GOP minority. Nunes used most of the allotted Republican time for questioning himself instead of deferring to the Minority Counsel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-guide-to-the-public-impeachment-hearings-11573593458|title=A Guide to the Public Impeachment Hearings|last=Andrews|first=Siobhan Hughes and Natalie|date=November 12, 2019|website=WSJ|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-25}} Nunes has tried to identify the whistle-blower whose complaint played a part in launching the impeachment inquiry.{{cite web |last1=Panetta |first1=Grace |title=Devin Nunes used all his time in the impeachment hearing to try to out the Ukraine whistleblower |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/nunes-tried-to-out-the-ukraine-whistleblower-in-impeachment-hearing-2019-11 |website=Business Insider |publisher=Insider Inc. |access-date=4 March 2020}} Further, during the hearings, Nunes repeatedly claimed that Ukraine had attempted to influence the 2016 United States presidential election, one of the conspiracy theories related to the Trump–Ukraine scandal.{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/11/nunes-opening-statement-focuses-on-gop-conspiracy-theories.html|title=Nunes to Sondland: Let's Talk About My Conspiracy Theories|last=Kilgore|first=Ed|date=November 20, 2019|newspaper=New York|access-date=November 22, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/21/fiona-hill-will-tell-devin-nunes-his-face-that-his-ukraine-conspiracy-theory-is-harmful/|title=Fiona Hill tells Devin Nunes to his face that his Ukraine conspiracy theory is 'harmful'|last=Bump|first=Philip|date=November 21, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 22, 2019|archive-date=April 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424021051/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/21/fiona-hill-will-tell-devin-nunes-his-face-that-his-ukraine-conspiracy-theory-is-harmful/|url-status=live}}

In November 2019, Rudy Giuliani's associate Lev Parnas said he had helped Nunes arrange meetings with Ukrainian officials in efforts to procure politically embarrassing "dirt" on former Vice President Joe Biden.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/22/politics/nunes-vienna-trip-ukrainian-prosecutor-biden/index.html|title=Exclusive: Giuliani associate willing to tell Congress Nunes met with ex-Ukrainian official to get dirt on Biden|last=Ward|first=Vicky|date=November 22, 2019|website=CNN|access-date=November 23, 2019}} Parnas said he would be willing to testify to Congress about his own role as well as Nunes's in the events, which included meeting with disgraced former Ukrainian prosecutor-general Viktor Shokin.

Parnas's attorney Joseph A. Bondy has said that Nunes and his staffer former U.S. Army colonel Derek Harvey met with Parnas several times for updates on claims against Biden and the CrowdStrike/2016 U.S. election conspiracy theory. Parnas's attorney said, "Mr. Parnas learned through Nunes's investigator, Derek Harvey, that the congressman had sequenced this trip to occur after the mid-term elections yet before Congress' return to session, so that Nunes would not have to disclose the trip details to his Democrat colleagues in Congress."

When asked by CNN to comment on his trips overseas to solicit dirt on Biden, Nunes responded, "I don't talk to you in this lifetime or the next lifetime. At any time. On any question."

On November 24, 2019, Nunes alleged in an interview with Fox News that CNN and the Daily Beast had committed crimes reporting on his trips to Europe and that he would pursue legal action against the news organizations for reporting the stories.{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/devin-nunes-cnn-daily-beast-suit-parnas-ukraine-a6cc319b-c791-47dd-a1b2-ee5a396688ca.html|title=Nunes suggests CNN, Daily Beast committed crimes with reporting on Ukraine prosecutor|website=Axios|date=November 24, 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-11-25}}{{Cite web|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/6108328579001/|title=Nunes: We are going to take CNN and Daily Beast to court|website=Fox News|date=November 24, 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-11-25}} In the interview, he did not answer the host Maria Bartiromo's question about whether he had met with disgraced former Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin in 2018, saying he would be detailing all the facts in federal court filings.

That same day, CNBC reported that Lev Parnas was willing to testify under oath in Congress that Nunes's aides called off a 2019 trip to Ukraine to dig up more dirt on Joe Biden when they realized he would have to report the trip to Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/24/giuliani-ally-would-testify-that-nunes-staffers-hid-ukraine-meetings-from-schiff.html|title=Giuliani associate wants to testify that Nunes's aides hid Ukraine meetings on Biden dirt from Schiff|last=Wilkie|first=Christina|date=2019-11-25|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-11-25}} CNBC reported that Parnas's allegations "potentially implicate Nunes and his committee staff in the same events the committee is currently investigating. Specifically, the monthslong effort by Trump, Giuliani and others to get Ukrainian officials to help them dig up dirt on Biden, and to validate far-right conspiracies about Ukraine and the 2016 election."

Nunes, who co-sponsored the "Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act", has a long history of filing frivolous lawsuits.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2019/11/25/20982011/nunes-cnn-daily-beast-lawsuits-parnas-ukraine|title=Nunes threatens to sue CNN for reporting on statement made by indicted Giuliani associate's lawyer|last=Rupar|first=Aaron|date=2019-11-25|website=Vox|language=en|access-date=2019-11-26}} On December 4, 2019, Nunes sued CNN for alleged defamation in Nunes v. CNN,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/politics/nunes-lawsuit-defamation-cnn-ukraine/index.html|title=Nunes disputes claim that he met with former Ukrainian prosecutor to get dirt on Bidens|author=Vicky Ward and Katelyn Polantz|website=CNN|date=December 4, 2019|access-date=2019-12-06}} seeking $435,350,000 in damages for their reporting of Parnas's lawyer's statement.{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/citing-institutional-hatred-toward-gop-calif-rep-nunes-sues-cnn-for-435-million/|title=Citing 'institutional hatred' toward GOP, Calif. Rep. Nunes sues CNN for $435 million|date=2019-12-04|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/12/04/devin-nunes-files-435-million-defamation-lawsuit-against-cnn/2606359001/|title=Rep. Devin Nunes files $435 million defamation lawsuit against CNN|last=Cummings|first=William|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-06}} That month, an attorney for Nunes sent a letter to congressman Ted Lieu threatening to sue over Lieu's comments about Nunes's relationship with Parnas. In response, Lieu wrote, "I welcome any lawsuit from your client and look forward to taking discovery of Congressman Nunes. Or, you can take your letter and shove it."[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/17/ted-lieu-devin-nunes-shove-it Ted Lieu tells Devin Nunes to "shove it" in response to lawsuit threat] The Washington Post January 17, 2020 Federal judge Laura Taylor Swain dismissed Nunes's suit against CNN on February 19, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/19/judge-nunes-libel-suit-cnn-470275|title=Judge tosses Nunes' libel suit against CNN|first=Josh|last=Gerstein|website=POLITICO|date=February 19, 2021 }}

On December 3, 2019, the report{{Cite web|url=https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20191203_-_full_report___hpsci_impeachment_inquiry_-_20191203.pdf|title=Report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Pursuant to H. Res. 660 in Consultation with the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs|last=House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence|date=December 3, 2019|website=U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence|access-date=2019-12-05|archive-date=December 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204093152/https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20191203_-_full_report___hpsci_impeachment_inquiry_-_20191203.pdf|url-status=live}} from the House Intelligence Committee regarding the impeachment inquiry documented with call records new information about Rudy Giuliani's interactions with the White House, his associates and Nunes. The frequent contact of Giuliani and Lev Parnas, who has been indicted for criminal activity, with Nunes are regarded as "highly unusual and likely to renew calls from Democrats for Mr. Nunes to face an ethics inquiry."{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/report-reveals-call-records-between-giuliani-white-house-and-nunes-11575409448|title=Report Reveals Call Records Between Giuliani, White House and Nunes|last=Ballhaus|first=Rebecca|website=The Wall Street Journal|date=December 3, 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-06|archive-date=December 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204002659/https://www.wsj.com/articles/report-reveals-call-records-between-giuliani-white-house-and-nunes-11575409448|url-status=live}} The report detailed call records acquired by subpoenas from AT&T that revealed Nunes to be in contact with Giuliani on April 10,{{Rp|155}} and with Giuliani and Parnas on April 12,{{Rp|156–158}} described in the report as the same days as other significant actions in the scandal, including phone calls between Giuliani and the White House and the Office of Management and Budget as well as a retainer agreement between Trump-affiliated lawyers diGenova & Toensing and former Ukrainian officials Yuriy Lutsenko and Konstiantyn Kulyk, "two of the primary sources"{{Rp|155}} for articles in The Hill that promoted the conspiracy theory of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Nunes asserted it was "very unlikely" he had spoken with Parnas, adding, "I don't really recall that name."Devan Cole [https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/politics/devin-nunes-lev-parnas-phone-calls/index.html Devin Nunes now says he talked to key Ukraine figure, after suggesting he hadn't] CNN 16 January 2020

After the report was released, CNN analysts suggested the new evidence raises questions about whether Nunes was an investigator or a participant in the Trump–Ukraine scandal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/05/politics/nunes-ukraine-controversy/index.html|title=New evidence raises the question: Is Nunes an investigator or participant in Ukraine affair?|author=Analysis by Marshall Cohen|website=CNN|date=December 5, 2019|access-date=2019-12-06}}

On January 14, 2020, the House Intelligence Committee released text messages Parnas had provided investigators.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/01/14/us/politics/ap-us-trump-impeachment-documents.html|title=Democrats Release New Documents on Eve of Impeachment Trial|agency=Associated Press|date=2020-01-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web| url=https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20200114_-_hpsci_transmittal_letter_to_hjc_-_new_evidence_attachment.pdf | title=Draft Notes | access-date=January 18, 2020 | archive-date=January 18, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118072730/https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20200114_-_hpsci_transmittal_letter_to_hjc_-_new_evidence_attachment.pdf | url-status=live}} Two days later, Nunes acknowledged he had spoken to Parnas, after previously suggesting he had not. The next day, the House Judiciary Committee released text messages between Nunes's top aide Derek Harvey and Parnas in which they discussed arranging meetings for Harvey with Ukrainian officials.Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju, [https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/politics/lev-parnas-documents-january-17/index.html New impeachment documents show more texts about possible surveillance of former US ambassador to Ukraine] CNN January 18, 2020{{Cite web| title=Extraction Report - Apple iPhone | url=https://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/document_production_lev_parnas_january_17_2020_whatsapp_excerpts_harvey_with_attachments.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118063457/https://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/document_production_lev_parnas_january_17_2020_whatsapp_excerpts_harvey_with_attachments.pdf | archive-date=2020-01-18}}

Nunes has filed multiple lawsuits characterized as Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation ("SLAPP"). Experts have described the lawsuits as "unlikely to succeed" and "virtually free of merit".{{Cite web|url=https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/mcclatchy-fresno-bee-devin-nunes.php|title=The real costs of Devin Nunes's defamation lawsuit|website=Columbia Journalism Review|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/03/devin-nunes-ludicrous-250-million-lawsuit-against-twitter-explained/|title=Devin Nunes's ludicrous $250 million lawsuit against Twitter, explained|last=Lee|first=Timothy B.|date=2019-03-19|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|access-date=2020-01-21}} Between 2019 and 2023, Nunes has filed at least 11 defamation suits; many have been dismissed, others have been voluntarily dropped by Nunes.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-03-02 |title=Devin Nunes can't sue CNN and Jake Tapper over Paul Pelosi comments in Florida. Here's why |url=https://www.aol.com/news/devin-nunes-t-sue-cnn-222922185.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.aol.com |language=en-US}}

On March 18, 2019, Nunes filed defamation lawsuits against Twitter, Elizabeth "Liz" Mair, Mair Strategies LLC, and the Twitter accounts "Devin Nunes's Mom" (@DevinNunesMom) and "Devin Nunes's Cow" (@DevinCow), seeking $250{{nbsp}}million in damages.{{cite news |last1=Ho |first1=Vivian |title=Goats, cows and Devin Nunes's mom: how a Republican's Twitter lawsuit backfired |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/19/devin-nunes-twitter-lawsuit-mom-cow |access-date=March 19, 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=March 19, 2019}} As the story went viral, the popularity of the defendants' accounts soared, gaining more followers than Nunes's own account. The San Francisco Chronicle cited this as an example of the Streisand effect.{{cite news |first1=Trapper|last1=Byrne |first2=J. K. |last2=Dineen | title=Devin Nunes's cow goes viral | url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Devin-Nunes-cow-goes-viral-13700701.php | work=San Francisco Chronicle | date=March 19, 2019}} Kathryn Watson of CBS News said the filing was "particularly interesting" because in 2018 Nunes supported the "Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act".{{cite web | last=Watson | first=Kathryn | title=The parody cow Twitter account Devin Nunes is suing now has more followers than he does | website=CBS News | date=March 20, 2019 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-parody-cow-twitter-account-devin-nunes-is-suing-now-has-more-followers-than-he-does/}} A filing to quash a subpoena argued that "no reasonable person would believe that Devin Nunes's cow actually has a Twitter account" as cows "do not have the intelligence, language, or opposable digits needed to operate a Twitter account".{{cite news|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article237802609.html|title=Cows don't have fingers and can't insult Devin Nunes on Twitter, court filing says|website=Sacbee.com|date=November 26, 2019|access-date=November 27, 2019|first1=Kate|last1=Irby|first2=Hannah|last2=Wiley}} In June 2020, a judge ruled that Twitter was immune from Nunes's suit because of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-world/national/article243664982.html|title=Devin Nunes can't sue Twitter over statements by fake cow, judge rules|last=Irby|first=Kate|date=2020-06-24|website=The Fresno Bee|language=en-us|access-date=2020-06-29}} In August 2021, the same judge dismissed the second of two suits Nunes had filed against Mair.{{cite news |last1=Brassil |first1=Gillian |title=Judges dismiss Devin Nunes' defamation lawsuits against Republican strategist |url=https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/article253681318.html |work=The Fresno Bee |date=August 23, 2021}}

In April 2019, Nunes filed a separate $150{{nbsp}}million defamation lawsuit against the McClatchy Company and others. In May 2018, The Fresno Bee, a local paper owned by McClatchy, reported that in 2016 a former server of Alpha Omega Winery sued the winery, which is partly owned by Nunes. The server alleged that in 2015 some investors of the company held a yacht party that involved cocaine and prostitution. The report said it was "unclear" whether Nunes "was aware of the lawsuit" or involved in the fund-raising event at the yacht.{{cite news |last1=McBride |first1=Ashley |title=Rep. Devin Nunes sues McClatchy for $150 million over sex party lawsuit story |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Rep-Devin-Nunes-sues-McClatchy-for-150-million-13752961.php |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=April 9, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Victor |first1=Daniel |title=Devin Nunes Sues McClatchy Newspaper Chain, Alleging 'Character Assassination' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/us/politics/devin-nunes-fresno-bee-lawsuit.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 9, 2019}} He did not attend the party, nor was he mentioned in the lawsuit.{{cite web |last1=Biasotti |first1=Tony |title=The real costs of Devin Nunes's defamation lawsuit |url=https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/mcclatchy-fresno-bee-devin-nunes.php |website=Columbia Journalism Review |date=April 12, 2019}} Nunes said the article was politically motivated and improperly linked him to the fund-raiser. A McClatchy spokesperson defended the report and said Nunes's claim was without merit. Some legal experts have speculated that even though both Nunes and McClatchy are based in California, he filed the lawsuit in Virginia because California has enacted stricter rules against strategic defamation lawsuits than Virginia. Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute said the report did not say or imply that Nunes was at the party. According to her, his intention was to harm the Bee and similar lawsuits are designed to send a chilling effect on journalists.{{cite news |last1=McBride |first1=Kelly |title=McClatchy could hire 10 reporters for the money it will spend to get Devin Nunes lawsuit dismissed |url=https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2019/mcclatchy-could-hire-10-reporters-for-the-money-it-will-spend-to-get-devin-nunes-lawsuit-dismissed/ |work=Poynter |date=April 11, 2019}} Nunes withdrew the suit in 2020.{{Cite web |title=Devin Nunes drops libel lawsuit against bankrupt McClatchy |url=https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2020/10/20/devin-nunes-drops-libel-lawsuit-against-bankrupt-mcclatchy/5984607002/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Visalia Times-Delta |language=en-US}}

In August 2019, Nunes sued a group of activists who had tried to force Nunes to stop using "farmer" as his occupation on the 2018 ballot.{{Cite web|last=Ward|first=James|date=August 2, 2019|title=Devin Nunes' latest lawsuit target: Retired organic farmer, artist Paul Buxman|url=https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2019/08/02/devin-nunes-latest-lawsuit-target-retired-organic-farmer-artist/1900907001/|access-date=2020-10-29|website=VisaliaTimesDelta.com|language=en-US}} The activists had argued that Nunes's parents had long ago moved the family dairy farm to Iowa and Nunes himself had no apparent farming connection left other than a small investment in a friend's Napa valley winery.{{Cite news|last=Gumbel|first=Andrew|date=2020-10-28|title='We couldn't stand it any more': why disaffection with Devin Nunes is growing among his constituents|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/28/devin-nunes-california-congress-election|access-date=2020-10-29|issn=0261-3077}} Nunes withdrew the suit in 2019.[https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article245625375.html "...his campaign filed and dropped (a suit) against a retired farmer in Nunes’ congressional district who challenged the congressman’s description of himself as a farmer..."]

In September 2019, Nunes sued political journalist Ryan Lizza and Hearst Magazines, the publisher of Esquire, alleging that a 2018 Esquire story had damaged his reputation. Lizza wrote that Nunes's family had "secretly" moved its dairy operation from California to Iowa in 2007.{{cite news |last1=Gstalter |first1=Morgan |title=Nunes files $75M lawsuit over Esquire story about 'secret' Iowa dairy |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/464229-nunes-files-75m-lawsuit-over-esquire-story-about-secret-iowa-dairy/ |work=The Hill |date=October 3, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Gruber-Miller |first1=Stephen |title=Rep. Devin Nunes suing Esquire magazine, reporter over article about Iowa farm |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/02/devin-nunes-sues-journalist-ryan-lizza-over-story-about-iowa-farm/3848176002/ |work=Des Moines Register |date=October 2, 2019 |language=en}} Nunes did not specifically contest the veracity of Lizza's reporting, but claimed he "fabricated a 'secret' where none existed". By the time Esquire published the piece, The Bee had already covered the move to Iowa.{{cite news |last1=Katy |first1=Irby |title=Another Devin Nunes lawsuit: Congressman sues magazine over story about family's Iowa farm |url=https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article235667107.html |work=The Fresno Bee |date=October 1, 2019}} Nunes alleged in the suit that "Lizza stalked Plaintiff's grammar-school aged nieces, behaved like a sex offender or pedophile cruising the local neighborhood for victims, frightened a family member to tears, and exploited a grieving mother."{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/05/did-devin-nunes-just-file-halfway-decent-defamation-suit/|title=Opinion {{!}} Did Devin Nunes just file a halfway-decent defamation suit?|last=Wemple|first=Erik|date=2019-12-05|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206061441/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/05/did-devin-nunes-just-file-halfway-decent-defamation-suit/|archive-date=2019-12-06|access-date=2019-12-06}} United States District Judge C. J. Williams, a Trump appointee, dismissed this suit in its entirety on August 5, 2020.{{Cite web| title=Devin G. Nunes, vs. Memorandum opinion and order Ryan Lizza; and Hearst magazine media, Inc | url=https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.iand.55763/gov.uscourts.iand.55763.53.0.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118123555/https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.iand.55763/gov.uscourts.iand.55763.53.0.pdf | archive-date=2020-11-18}} On September 15, 2021, the Eighth Circuit Court upheld the dismissal of some counts but remanded the case back to the district court.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/15/court-reinstates-nunes-suit-over-reporters-tweet-511885|title=Court reinstates Nunes suit over reporter's tweet|first=Josh|last=Gerstein|website=Politico|date=September 15, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}} On April 25, 2023, the district court ruled that the claims at issue were essentially accurate and dismissed the suit, including a similar suit filed by his relatives and the company NuStar Farms.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/25/devin-nunes-libel-suit-esquire-hearst-00093844|title=Judge tosses Devin Nunes suit over Esquire article|first=Josh|last=Gerstein|website=POLITICO|date=April 25, 2023 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/article252189908.html|title=Devin Nunes' family dairy must produce workers' citizenship records in lawsuit, judge orders|work=The Fresno Bee|first=David|last=Lightman|date=June 18, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}}

In September 2019, Nunes sued the liberal nonprofit Campaign for Accountability (CfA) and the opposition research firm Fusion GPS. The latter was hired to dig up dirt on Trump at the behest of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. The research was compiled into the Steele dossier. In 2018 CfA filed three ethics complaints against Nunes. In the lawsuit he alleged that CfA and Fusion GPS had conspired to hinder his investigation into the dossier, citing a $138,684 payment from CfA to Fusion GPS. CfA said it did not hire Fusion GPS to investigate Nunes.{{cite news |last1=Weiner |first1=Rachel |title=Devin Nunes suing Glenn Simpson and ethics group, claiming conspiracy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/devin-nunes-suing-glenn-simpson-and-ethics-group-claiming-conspiracy/2019/09/04/550322f8-cf63-11e9-b29b-a528dc82154a_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 4, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Re |first1=Gregg |last2=Herridge |first2=Catherine |title=Nunes files $9.9M suit against firm behind Steele dossier, saying it tried to obstruct Russia probe |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/devin-nunes-fusion-gps-lawsuit-rico |work=Fox News |date=September 4, 2019}} The suit was dismissed in September 2020.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-10 |title=Judge dismisses Nunes lawsuit against Fusion GPS |url=https://apnews.com/article/technology-donald-trump-elections-courts-lawsuits-295e6bc1cef55ff42bbb5ea5468b12e0 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}

On December 4, 2019, Nunes sued CNN for alleged defamation, seeking $435,350,000 in damages for their reporting of Parnas's lawyer's statement. The complaint stated, "CNN is the mother of fake news. It is the least trusted name. CNN is eroding the fabric of America, proselytizing, sowing distrust and disharmony. It must be held accountable." He claimed that the network has an "institutional hatred" for the Republican Party. The suit alleges that CNN reported that Nunes traveled to Vienna in December 2018, and met with Viktor Shokin, the former Ukrainian prosecutor general, about investigating Joe Biden. The suit claims this is untrue and that Nunes was in Benghazi, followed by Malta.{{cite news|last1=Knowles|first1=Hannah|title=Devin Nunes sues CNN for $435 million, alleging 'false hit piece'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/12/03/devin-nunes-sues-cnn-million-alleging-it-published-false-hit-piece/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=December 8, 2019}}{{cite web|last1=Scarborough|first1=Rowan|title=Devin Nunes slaps CNN with $435 million defamation lawsuit|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/3/devin-nunes-slaps-cnn-435-million-defamation-lawsu/|work=The Washington Times|access-date=8 December 2019}} Before the filing of the CNN suit, an attorney representing McClatchy in Nunes's suit told The Washington Post's Eric Wemple, "He's filing these lawsuits and threatening these lawsuits purely to try to chill speech about himself and matters of public interest." Federal judge Laura Taylor Swain dismissed the suit on February 19, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/19/judge-nunes-libel-suit-cnn-470275|title=Judge tosses Nunes' libel suit against CNN|first=Josh|last=Gerstein|website=POLITICO|date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=March 1, 2021}}

On December 31, 2019, Nunes, through his Charlottesville, Virginia, attorney Steven S. Biss, issued a letter that threatened litigation against Representative Ted Lieu based on alleged damage to Nunes's reputation.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/17/ted-lieu-devin-nunes-shove-it/ |title=Ted Lieu tells Nunes to "Shove It" |date=Jan 1, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url-access=subscription}} Lieu responded, "I welcome any lawsuit from your client and look forward to taking discovery of Congressman Nunes. Or, you can take your letter and shove it."{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1218301644007333888/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1218301644007333888&ref_url=https://www.mercurynews.com/ted-lieu-tells-devin-nunes-to-shove-it-after-republican-colleague-threatens-lawsuit|title=Attached is the first page of a five page letter in which the lawyer for @DevinNunes threatens that Rep Nunes will sue me. Attached is my response.pic.twitter.com/bWAqdRhq97|last=Lieu|first=Ted|date=2020-01-17|website=@tedlieu|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/ted-lieu-tells-devin-nunes-to-shove-it-after-republican-colleague-threatens-lawsuit|title=Ted Lieu tells Devin Nunes to 'shove it' after Republican colleague threatens lawsuit|date=2020-01-18|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-21}}

On August 3, 2021, Nunes filed a defamation suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas which was transferred to the Southern District of New York, the domicile of the defendant, on February 28, 2022.{{cite web |title=Nunes v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC |url=https://unicourt.com/case/pc-db5-nunes-v-nbcuniversal-media-llc-1145321 |website=UniCourt |access-date=5 October 2023}} The complaint alleges that several statements made by Rachel Maddow on defendant's MSNBC network in March 2021 defamed Nunes. On November 28, 2022, Judge Kevin Castel ruled against Nunes on all but one claim, allowing the case to proceed on the one claim the judge found to "plausibly allege actual malice" and allowed the case to proceed with respect to that one claim.{{cite news |last1=Stempel |first1=Jonathan |title=Trump ally Devin Nunes can sue NBCUniversal for defamation - judge |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-ally-devin-nunes-can-sue-nbcuniversal-defamation-judge-2022-11-29/ |access-date=5 October 2023 |work=Reuters |publisher=Thomson Reuters |date=28 November 2022}}

On November 19, 2022, Nunes filed a defamation suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, alleging that several statements made on CNN on October 31, 2022, were defamatory. The case was dismissed in March 2023 on jurisdictional grounds since the segment and people who made it have no direct connection to the state of Florida. Nunes appealed the decision, which was denied on May 22, 2023, because his attorneys failed to respond to notices from the appellate court.{{Cite web |last= |title=Appeals court tosses Devin Nunes' lawsuit against CNN - Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism |url=https://www.rawstory.com/devin-nunes-lawsuit-2660506962/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.rawstory.com |language=en}}

In April 2023, Nunes filed suit against The Guardian, alleging that he had been defamed by an article entitled "Federal investigators examined Trump Media for possible money laundering, sources say" claiming that the "Defendants published and republished egregious statements online and via social media (Twitter) that falsely accused or implied that Nunes engaged in or aided and abetted money laundering."{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/15/trump-media-investigated-possible-money-laundering|title=Federal investigators examined Trump Media for possible money laundering, sources say|first=Hugo|last=Lowell|date=March 15, 2023|newspaper=The Guardian}}{{Cite web| title=Devin G. Nunes v. Guardian news & media Ltd. trial by jury Penske media corporation is demanded Chris Anderson | url=https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NunesvGuardianComplaint.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404232846/https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NunesvGuardianComplaint.pdf | archive-date=2023-04-04}} Also named in the suit is Will Wilkerson, former executive vice president of operations for Donald Trump's media business and co-founder of Trump's Truth Social website. Wilkerson provided 150,000 emails, contracts and other internal documents from Trump Media and Truth Social to law enforcement, and was interviewed by the Guardian for the article named in the lawsuit.{{Cite news |last=Harwell |first=Drew |date=2023-05-01 |title=He blew the whistle on Trump's Truth Social. Now he works at Starbucks. |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/29/truth-social-wilkerson-starbucks/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |issn=0190-8286}}

In late February 2021, Nunes and a dozen other Republican House members skipped votes and enlisted others to vote for them, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But he and the other members were actually attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, which was held at the same time as their absences.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/politics/cpac-house-republicans-proxy-voting/index.html|title=More than a dozen Republicans tell House they can't attend votes due to 'public health emergency.' They're slated to be at CPAC.|publisher=CNN|last1=Bash|first1=Dana|last2=Raju|first2=Manu|last3=Diaz|first3=Daniella|last4=Fox|first4=Lauren|last5=Warren|first5=Michael|date=February 26, 2021|accessdate=March 10, 2021}} In response, the Campaign for Accountability, an ethics watchdog group, filed a complaint with the House Committee on Ethics and requested an investigation into Nunes and the other lawmakers.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/10/politics/house-committee-ethics-watchdog-republicans-proxy-voting-cpac/index.html|title=First on CNN: Watchdog group requests investigation into 13 GOP lawmakers for misusing proxy voting|publisher=CNN|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Diaz|first2=Daniella|date=March 10, 2021|accessdate=March 10, 2021}}

Nunes married Elizabeth Nunes (née Tamariz), an elementary school teacher, in 2003. They have three daughters.[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225-3-14.pdf "Devin Nunes 1973–"] Government Publishing Office. Nunes is a practicing Catholic, and attends Mass in Tulare.{{Cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Bartholomew D.|title=Devin Nunes bursts onto scene with controversial role in Russia probe|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/28/man-news-devin-nunes-declines-requests-recuse-intel-probe/99735724/|access-date=2020-06-25|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}

Nunes wrote a foreword for the 2012 edition of the 1951 novel Home Is An Island by Portuguese-American author Alfred Lewis. It was published by Tagus Press, an imprint of the Center for Portuguese Culture and Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.{{cite news|title=The Portuguese in the Americas Series |url=http://www.portstudies.umassd.edu/pas/home_in_an_island.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117221108/http://www.portstudies.umassd.edu/pas/home_in_an_island.htm }}

File:Klaus Iohannis awards Devin Nunes the National Order of the Star of Romania.jpg by Klaus Iohannis in 2017]]

President Donald Trump awarded Nunes the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 4, 2021, along with fellow Representative Jim Jordan.{{Cite web|author=Kaitlan Collins|title=Trump to award Medal of Freedom to GOP Reps. Devin Nunes and Jim Jordan|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/03/politics/donald-trump-medal-of-freedom/index.html|access-date=2021-01-04|website=CNN|date=January 4, 2021 |archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109225746/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/03/politics/donald-trump-medal-of-freedom/index.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-award-medal-freedom-devin-nunes/|title=President Donald J. Trump to Award the Medal of Freedom to Devin Nunes – The White House|website=trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov}} No media were allowed to document the ceremony. In a press release from the Trump White House before the ceremony, Nunes was described as having exposed illegal wiretapping by the Obama administration on Trump and the Trump campaign, as part of the unsubstantiated Trump Tower wiretapping allegations. In the same release Nunes is praised as having helped "thwart a plot to take down a sitting United States president", in reference to his work to discredit the allegations (which the release calls the "Russia Hoax") leading to Trump's first impeachment.

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Nunes has received the following foreign honors:

:80px Grand-Officer of the Order of Prince Henry, Portugal (June 7, 2013){{cite web|title=Cidadãos Estrangeiros Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas|url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154|website=Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=February 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208164102/http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Decorations attributed by the President of the Republic to individualities from the Portuguese Communities and to foreign citizens, within the celebrations of the National Day of Portugal|url=http://anibalcavacosilva.arquivo.presidencia.pt/?idc=10&idi=74319&idl=2|website=Presidency of the Portuguese Republic|date=March 9, 2016|access-date=April 29, 2018}}

:80x80px Commander of the Order of the Star of Romania, Romania (June 8, 2017){{cite web|title=President Iohannis and U.S. congressmen discuss Romania's inclusion in Visa Waiver programme|url=https://www.agerpres.ro/english/2017/06/09/president-iohannis-and-u-s-congressmen-discuss-romania-s-inclusion-in-visa-waiver-programme-09-43-29|access-date=June 22, 2017|archive-date=February 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210002948/https://www.agerpres.ro/english/2017/06/09/president-iohannis-and-u-s-congressmen-discuss-romania-s-inclusion-in-visa-waiver-programme-09-43-29|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Klaus Iohannis a decorat opt congresmani americani cu Ordinul Steaua României în grad de Comandor|url=http://adevarul.ro/news/politica/klaus-iohannis-decorat-opt-congresmani-americani-ordinul-steaua-romaniei-grad-comandor-1_5939da995ab6550cb8f07d40/index.html|publisher=Adevarul|access-date=April 24, 2018|date=June 9, 2017|archive-date=March 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307214214/http://adevarul.ro/news/politica/klaus-iohannis-decorat-opt-congresmani-americani-ordinul-steaua-romaniei-grad-comandor-1_5939da995ab6550cb8f07d40/index.html|url-status=live}}

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426024942/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/04/former-acting-attorney-general-sally-yates-to-test.html

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|access-date=April 25, 2017

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|quote=One particular Clouseau-esque misstep Rep. Nunes made was to cancel a hearing that was to include testimony from former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, who was fired in January for refusing to back the Trump White House's first travel ban.

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|title = Election Summary Report Statewide Direct Primary Election June 8, 2010 Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, All Counters, All Races Final Official Report

|publisher = Fresno County, California

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070727184801/http://primary2002.sos.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/2154.htm

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• {{CongLinks | congbio=n000181 | votesmart=16725 | fec=H8CA20059 | congress=devin-nunes/1710 }}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070318091728/http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Devin_Nunes Profile] at SourceWatch
• [http://www.smartvoter.org/2002/11/05/ca/state/race/usrep21/ Smart Voter's election results for 2002], [http://www.smartvoter.org/2004/11/02/ca/state/race/usrep21/ 2004], [http://www.smartvoter.org/2006/11/07/ca/state/race/usrep21/ 2006]

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